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Chairman NMA
Dr Umar Muhammad Muktar
Chairman NMA Sokoto
Abstract
| Volume 10 Number 3 - 4 July - December 2022 |
| Okwubuzor J, Omokhua HA |
| Background: Dental caries is termed to be a multifactorial infectious disease, the aggressive form of which has been previously termed "rampant caries. The prevalence of dental caries is a common public health problem among school children and adults as is this study's focus. AIM: To determine the prevalence of posterior dental caries in adult patients. Method: This research work was a retrospective study carried out in the conservative clinic of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital over six months. Data was collected using the medical records of adult patients who were managed for dental caries by the clinic in the past three years after obtaining ethical clearance from the institution's ethical committee. Result: A total of 393 patients' medical records were involved in the study. Two hundred and nine (53.2%) of the patients accounting for the majority were within the age group 18 – 29 years with a mean age of 32.6 ± 12.6 years. There were more females. The lower right first molars and lower left second molars were affected the most. (59.3%) and the prevalence of posterior caries was 74.8%. Conclusion: This study showed that the prevalence of posterior teeth dental caries was high among adult patients presenting at a tertiary health facility in the period under review. Socio-demographic parameters such as age, sex, level of education, and skill level were important predictors of the prevalence of posterior teeth dental caries among adult patients attending tertiary health facilities in the south-south of Nigeria. |
| 10.47837/CMJ.2022102.1 |
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